'Evaporation' definitions:
Definition of 'evaporation'
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noun
noun
Definition of 'Evaporation'
From: GCIDE
- Evaporation \E*vap`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. evaporatio: cf. F. ['e]vaporation.]
- 1. The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is evaporated; vapor. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Steam Engine) See Vaporization. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'evaporation'
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- ablation,
- aeration,
- aerification,
- air-drying,
- anhydration,
- atomization,
- attenuation,
- blackout,
- blast-freezing,
- blocking,
- bottling,
- brining,
- broadcast,
- broadcasting,
- canning,
- circumfusion,
- consumption,
- corning,
- curing,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- dehumidification,
- dehydration,
- dematerialization,
- departure,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- desiccation,
- diffraction,
- diffusion,
- dilution,
- disappearance,
- disappearing,
- dispensation,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- dissemination,
- dissipation,
- dissolution,
- dissolving,
- distillation,
- distribution,
- divergence,
- drain,
- drainage,
- dry-curing,
- drying,
- drying up,
- eclipse,
- elimination,
- embalming,
- erasure,
- erosion,
- etherealization,
- etherification,
- evanescence,
- exhalation,
- exhaustion,
- expansion,
- expenditure,
- extinction,
- fadeaway,
- fadeout,
- fading,
- fluidization,
- fractionation,
- fragmentation,
- freeze-drying,
- freezing,
- fumigation,
- fuming,
- gasification,
- going,
- impoverishment,
- insolation,
- irradiation,
- jerking,
- leakage,
- marination,
- melting,
- mummification,
- occultation,
- passing,
- peppering,
- pickling,
- potting,
- propagation,
- publication,
- quick-freezing,
- radiation,
- refrigeration,
- salting,
- scattering,
- scatterment,
- seasoning,
- shotgun pattern,
- shrinkage,
- smoking,
- sowing,
- spattering,
- splay,
- spread,
- spreading,
- sprinkling,
- steaming,
- strewing,
- stuffing,
- sublimation,
- taxidermy,
- tinning,
- using,
- using up,
- vanishing,
- vanishing point,
- vaporization,
- volatilization,
- wastage,
- waste,
- wearing,
- wearing away,
- wipe,
- withering